This morning, Sprint announced plans to carry the new BlackBerry Q10 smartphone powered by BlackBerry 10 later this year. Additional details, including pricing, will be shared closer to availability. Customers can get more information about the new BlackBerry Q10 smartphone from Sprint at www.sprint.com/blackberry10.

The new BlackBerry Q10 smartphone is based on the re-designed, re-engineered and re-invented BlackBerry 10 platform and offers customers a powerful and unique new mobile computing experience. The BlackBerry Q10 smartphone will be the first BlackBerry 10 smartphone with a physical QWERTY keyboard and a 3.1" touchscreen, delivering a smarter experience that continuously adapts to a customer's needs.

BlackBerry 10 gives customers a faster and smarter experience that continuously adapts to their needs. Every feature, every gesture, and every detail is designed to keep customers moving and includes advancements such as:

- Peek and Flow into the BlackBerry Hub - A new mobile computing paradigm where what matters to customers is always only one swipe away.

- Keyboard - Understands and adapts to customers, so they can type faster and more accurately, with a QWERTY keyboard that has rows separated by frets, making it easier to type accurately and with more confidence than ever before.

- BBM (BlackBerry Messenger) - Allows customers to share things with the people that matter to them in an instant.

- BlackBerry Balance technology - Protects what is important to customers and the businesses they work for.